Progressive Era
World War I
The 1920s
The 1930s
World War II
100
Upton Sinclair was the muckraker who wrote this book which exposed the meatpacking industry and the troubles associated with it.  

The Jungle

100
The movement of approximately 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West in the late 19th to mid 20th Centuries.  
The Great Migration
100

The location in which traders monitor the market for fluctuations and price chnages  

The NY Stock Exchange 

100

A project created to bring water and power to the South as a way to also created jobs for the American People

(TVA) Tennessee Valley Authority

100
Japan bombed this US naval and air force base.  The US responded by declaring war on Japan and officially entering WWI on the side of the Allies.
Pearl Harbor
200
Civil Rights leader known for encouraging the African American community to "cast down their buckets" in his "Atlanta Compromise" Speech.
Booker T Washington
200
The British passenger ship destroyed by a German u-boat submarine.  This event contributed to Americans wanting to get involved in WWI.  
The Lusitania
200
Italian immigrants charged with murder and robbery.  Convicted on circumstantial evidence, many believed they had been framed for the crime because of their anarchist and pro-union activities.  
Sacco and Vanzetti
200

The informal radio talks President FDR had with Americans during the Great Depression

Fireside Chats

200
Symbol of the American female factory worker who went to work during WWII.  
Rosie the Riveter
300
This Progressive Era reformer opened the Hull House in Chicago to provide social services to immigrants.  
Jane Addams
300
The discovery of this disclosed Germany's promise to help Mexico attack the US if the US declared war on Germany.
Zimmerman Telegram
300
This was triggered by the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.  Americans were very paranoid and scared that Communism would overtake America.  
The Red Scare
300

FDR created this in an attempt to recover a large part of the nations economy using unsanctioned methods and programs  

(NRA) National Recovery Admin

300
The name given to the creation of the atomic bombs that were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 
The Manhattan Project
400
This US president helped to create the Panama Canal, was known as being a trust buster and a conservationist.  
Teddy Roosevelt
400
Great Britain, France and Italy.  We entered the war with the intention of helping them.  
The Allied Powers
400
This leader during the Harlem Renaissance encouraged a modern "Back to Africa" movement and founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA).  
Marcus Garvey
400

This employed about 3 million men to work on projects that benefitted the public.  Was a part of FDR's New Deal.  

Civilian Conservation Corps

400

Supreme Court decision that said Japanese internment during WWII was in fact constitutional because it was during a time of war.  

Korematsu v. US

500
This person was jailed during the Pullman Strike, and founded the Socialist Party. 
Eugene V. Debs
500

Woodrow Wilson created this is an attempt to end all future wars. Most of it was ignored by the world.

Wilson's 14 points

500
These were passed to reduce the number of "New" immigrants.  Were a response to nativism.
Quota Acts
500

Most important law passed during the New Deal.  Provides help to the elderly, unemployed, disabled.  Changed the role of the federal government to where the government is now expected to help those in need.  

Social Security Act

500
Provided WWII veterans with low interest mortgages, college tuition, and vocational training.  
GI Bill
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